Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to give it true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will to live.

Lebensbejahung is die geistige Tat, in der er aufhort dahinzuleben und anfangt, sich seinem Leben mit Ehrfurcht hinzugeben, um es auf seinen wahren Wert zu bringen. Lebensbejahung ist Vertifung, Verinnerlichung und Steigerung des Willens zum Leben.

Albert Schweitzer

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Topic

Mindfulness

Author

Albert Schweitzer

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Christian Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Aus Meinem Leben und Denken [Out of My Life and Thought]. Leipzig: Felix Meiner Verlag, 1931, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography, translated by Antji Bultmann Lemke. Johns Hopkins University, 2009, ch. 13.

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Another quote from the 1930s

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

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The Great Wall of China

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Topic
Stillness Paying attention

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
The Great Wall of China
Medium
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Language
German
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Kafka, Franz. Betrachtungen über Sünde, Leid, Hoffnung und den wahren Weg [Reflections on Sin, Pain, Hope and the True Way]. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931, no. 109.

Another quote originally in German

The public seldom forgive twice.

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Public opinion Second chances

Author

Johann Kasper Lavater
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms of Man. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 606.

Current Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.